Qiang Xu Leads; Jon Turner and Nate Silver Round Out Top Three after Day 1 of $10,000 Eight Game Mix
Stud Games: 1,000 Ante, 1,000 Bring-In, 3,000 Completion 3,000-6,000 Limits
No-Limit & Pot-Limit: 1,500/2,500 Ante, 1,000/1,500 Blinds
The second edition of Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship kicked off today here at the 2025 World Series of Poker (WSOP) as 166 mixed game crushers made their way to the Horseshoe and Paris Las Vegas to battle.
After ten levels and eight hours of play, just 75 players advanced to tomorrow’s Day 2.
Leading the way after today’s action is China’s Qiang Xu who went on a late night heater on his way to a bag of 311,000. The one-time bracelet winner Xu is enjoying a successful summer which includes a third-place finish in the $10,000 Seven Card Stud Championship.
Finishing in second place is mixed game regular Jon Turner who finished with 305,000. Turner is still looking for his first bracelet but has put himself in position to do just that today.
Rounding out the podium in third place is FiveThirtyEight founder and author Nate Silver with 277,500. Silver is a regular at the World Series as he looks to make another deep run.
End of Day 1 Top Ten Chip Counts
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Qiang Xu | China | 311,000 |
| 2 | Jon Turner | United States | 305,000 |
| 3 | Nate Silver | United States | 277,500 |
| 4 | Aaron Kupin | United States | 271,500 |
| 5 | Brian Yoon | United States | 265,500 |
| 6 | Jordan Griff | United States | 249,000 |
| 7 | Mike Gorodinsky | United States | 246,000 |
| 8 | Eric Wasserson | United States | 240,000 |
| 9 | Fabrizio Gonzalez | Uruguay | 239,000 |
| 10 | Damjan Radanov | United States | 217,000 |
The Day’s Action
Just 22 players were seated to begin the day, but that number quickly rose throughout the first few levels of the day.
Maxx Coleman was the beneficiary of a massive double early in the day. In a four-bet pot playing Pot-Limit Omaha, Coleman got all his chips in the middle with middle pair against the middle set and aces of Todd Rodenborn in a pot worth over 450 big blinds. However, Coleman would go runner-runner to make a straight and leave Rodenborn speechless and short-stacked.
Rodenborn, however, would not be the first player to fall. Those honors belong to the defending champion Calvin Anderson, whose hopes of title defense fell short after just 30 minutes of play, ensuring that a new champion will be crowed in the second edition of this event.
Josh Arieh and Brian Breck got tangled in a big hand of Limit Hold’em early in the day after Breck cold four-bet ten-six offsuit before Arieh capped the betting with aces. Breck would turn a straight and Arieh could not get away in a humorous showdown that left the table dumbfounded.
Vanessa Selbst made an surprising appearance in the field today as she showcased her aggressive playing style on her way to a bag of 188,500. She was involved in many hands and even showed a bluff in a 2-7 Triple Draw pot against Andres Korn.
By the halfway point in the day, 130 entries had already been tallied with 115 remaining. However, once the blinds and limits started to increase, so too did the eliminations.
In a massive hand of No-Limit Hold’em, Dylan Weisman jammed his short stack with ace-six suited but ran into the aces of Mike Gorodinsky and the kings of Justin Liberto behind. All of the money went in preflop, and Gorodinsky scored a huge double off Liberto who could not find a bag.
Ex-football star and WSOP Bracelet winner Max Kruse joined the action, but was unable to get any momentum going as he busted in a hand of Stud Hi-Lo towards the end of the night.
Daniel Negreanu joined the action late in the night after being eliminated from the $100,000 Pot-Limit Omaha. Unfortunately for him, he only lasted around 30 minutes before leaving the tournament, as he will have to look elsewhere for bracelet number eight.
Play resumes tomorrow, Thursday, July 3 at 1 p.m. local time in the Horseshoe and Paris Silver section. The action returns in Level 11 with big bet blinds of 1,000/2,000 and limits of 4,000/8,000 with an average stack of 133,000.
Registration remains open through to the start of Level 12 around 2:15 p.m. tomorrow, so it is yet to be seen if last year’s total of 189 entries will be surpassed or not.
Stay tuned to PokerNews for all updates regarding Event #82: $10,000 Eight Game Mixed Championship and all other events here at the 2025 World Series of Poker.
